EURO TRIP

'IT'S PAINFUL'

The interior of the Nou Camp will also be getting some tender loving care, as well as the structure itself

"Taking it and turning it outward, we automatically saw that the stadium opened unto the city. And it appeared that we already had it, that that was it.

"In this sense, we said: 'The climate of Barcelona allows it. We open it and we leave all of this open space.'

"This is what makes it unique, different. This way it is timeless, it will not go out of fashion."

The original Camp Nou, officially the FC Barcelona Stadium but the name never stuck because fans simply went to "the new field" to see their team, was opened in 1957 after the club outgrew its previous ground nearby.

The current 99,000 seat stadium has been remodelled and expanded since. But the New Camp Nou project will be its first major overhaul.

"It will be like no other stadium in the world", added Nikken Sekkei President, Tadao Kaemi.